Su Qi sat on the edge of the bed, tremblingly stretched out his hand to gently wipe away the tears on Xia Xue'er's face, and looked at the handsome face that was smiling on weekdays with his eyes stupid, but at the moment his brows were tightly knit and there was no blood, and his thoughts unconsciously returned to the time of sunrise and returned to the lonely mountain and barren mountain.

Now it is already the deep winter season, the grass and trees are withered, desolate and insensitive, there are few pedestrians on the road, and the barren ridge is located in the suburbs of Beijing, and it is even more uninhabited. The continuous cold weather has not melted the heavy snow that fell a few days ago, and the snow is still thick, but it has long since lost its pure whiteness. A large area of blood swayed on it, like a large blooming red peony on a white satin, and under the light of the morning sun, it looked even more strange and dazzling.

Xia Xue'er, who was wearing a black cloak, sat on the ground, losing her former brilliance, her hair was hanging down, fluttering in the cold wind, and there were corpses lying all over her five meters, but she was unmoved, holding the bloody Xianglan tightly in her arms, on her robe, on her face, and on her hands...... The bloodstains have long been unable to distinguish whether it is his own blood or someone else's blood.

Su Qi is a person who practices martial arts, and he has seen many scenes of killing since he was a child, and it is not for nothing that the scene in front of him is a hundred times more tragic, but there has never been such a big shock to his soul as this time! Looking at Xia Xue'er's thin figure, that ghostly look, and her slightly squirming lips, Su Qi's heart was full of remorse, he was still late.

Yesterday evening, the cuizhu flying pigeon passed the book to the Netherworld Valley, only saying that someone was chasing and killing all the way, looking at the scribbled handwriting, thinking that the matter was urgent, and could not say more, so he hurriedly wrote this letter for help. It was only because the incident was in a hurry and did not write down the time and place clearly, Su Qi had no clue, so he could only rely on the vigilance of a person who practiced martial arts to search all the way, and finally found some clues at sunrise today, and chased along the traces, but he didn't want to, but he was still a step too late.

The disciples of the Netherworld Valley who arrived later, all those who came close to Xianglan were all injured by Xia Xue'er. Half a year has passed, although her skills have only recovered by thirty percent, it is no longer a problem to deal with some small minions, not to mention that the disciples of the Netherworld Valley will not really fight against her, so no one rushes forward, looking at Xia Xue'er's loss of mind, everyone does not dare to ask. He only stood behind Su Qi from a distance, looking at each other.

With a heavy heart, he slowly moved to Xia Xue'er, but Su Qi didn't know what to say or do. His heart was full of self-blame and regret, his junior sister was only fourteen years old, so she let her experience such a bloody storm herself, looking at the situation in front of her like a purgatory Shura field, she must have been frightened!

Squatting down slowly, the wide palm covered the back of Xia Xue'er's petite hand, and the biting coolness penetrated through the skin to the heart. Gently spoke: "Senior sister, let go." ”

Xia Xue'er raised her head and looked at Su Qi, her eyes were full of grief, but she couldn't cry.

Su Qi carefully put his hand on Xianglan's veins, and there was still a trace of breath, but it was as fragile as a candle standing in the wind, and the situation was not optimistic, and he had to be healed quickly.

Su Qi looked at his junior sister's eyes and patiently persuaded: "Senior sister, she is still alive and has a chance, can you let it go?" ”

Unexpectedly, Xia Xue'er, who was almost delirious, seemed to understand Su Qi's words and let go. Su Qi hurriedly took out a jade bottle from her arms, poured out a brown pill and gave it to Xianglan, and then used her luck to dissolve the pill and induce the medicinal power for her.

Squeak~

Cuizhu came in with a basin of hot water, and saw that Su Qi's hand was still on Xia Xue'er's face, and her eyes were staring at Xia Xue'er's little face, as if she was thoughtful. Seeing this scene, Cuizhu was a little embarrassed, and after coughing dryly, he asked, "Master Su, are you okay?" ”

"Huh?" Su Qi came back to his senses, hurriedly withdrew his hand, took a deep breath and stood up and said, "I'm fine." ”

Cuizhu frowned, a little worried in her heart, but she didn't ask more, just said: "The slave maid wants to change this dirty clothes for the young lady, and ask Su Gongzi to avoid it." ”

"Oh? Oh, okay. Su Qi glanced at Xia Xue'er, then opened the door and walked out.

Su Qi didn't go far, and stood alone in the center of the courtyard.

After the time of the half-pillar incense passed, Cuizhu opened the door and walked out, between which Su Qi stood in the middle of the courtyard, letting the cold wind ruffle his hair, and his straight body remained motionless, like a jade statue.

Cuizhu stepped forward and stood behind Su Qi, the other party turned his head with his eyes full of worry.

"Miss is fine, she has already fallen asleep, Childe don't worry."

Su Qi nodded after hearing this, his sword eyebrows were still frowning, and he turned his head and stood still, without saying a word.

Cuizhu stood behind him and hesitated for a moment before asking, "Can Childe tell Miss Sù why she became like this?" ”

Su Qi didn't look back, just slowly closed his eyes, and his mind was full of bloodstained Xia Xue'er sitting paralyzed in the snow, that scene stabbed his eyes and pierced his heart even more! At that moment, he who had always been fearless also had a strong fear in his heart. Just like when he first learned the news that she had fallen into a coma, he was really afraid, he was afraid of losing her again. This sudden fear made him suddenly wake up, and the original gloomy feelings had unconsciously invaded his internal organs, and since then, this woman's words and deeds have been closely related to him, and they can no longer be separated!

After a while, Su Qi opened his eyes and asked, "Do you know what Xue'er asked Xianglan to investigate?" ”

Cuizhu was puzzled, frowned and replied: "Miss only said that something happened to Sister Xianglan's family, so she took leave and went home, and she has been gone for more than two months. The slave didn't know what Su Gongzi said. After finishing speaking, she remembered Xia Xue'er's strange behavior before, and suddenly seemed to realize something, and hurriedly asked: "Could it be that Miss will become like this, and it really has nothing to do with Sister Xianglan?" What happened, I hope Su Gongzi can tell the truth! ”

Su Qi sighed and said, "I won't tell you, I don't know what happened, but I will definitely find out the reason!" If you know anything, please tell me, so that I can find out about this matter as soon as possible, and give your young lady peace of mind. ”

Cuizhu shook her head helplessly and said, "The slave doesn't know about the matter between Miss and Sister Xianglan, but it's ......."

"But what?"

As if she had done something wrong, Cuizhu took a step back in a panic, bowed her head and saluted and said, "This matter is just the conjecture of the slave maid, and the slave maid does not dare to talk nonsense!" ”

Su Qi smelled a trace of weirdness, thinking that there must be something strange in this, so he hurriedly turned around and looked at Cuizhu who leaned over and saluted and said, "You can tell me about it." ”

Cuizhu pondered for a while before he said in a slur manner: "What Xianglan investigated...... Maybe with Aunt Bai or Aunt Shen...... Relate! ”

"Who?!" Su Qijian raised his eyebrows, and his heroic spirit was compelling.

"The master's two concubines, Bai Yining and Shen Ruyi."

Where do you say that? What evidence is there? ”

Cuizhu shook his head and said, "No." Then he added: "However, the slave maid thinks that Miss has been in the mansion all the year round and has not made enemies, if anyone wants to be unfavorable to her, that person will most likely be from the Xia Mansion, and Aunt Shen and Aunt Bai are both people who feel sorry for Miss." Gongzi didn't know that my young lady fell into the water was done by the fourth lady, and the fourth young lady was confined in the family temple because of the east window incident, and was not allowed to return to the house without permission. ”

"Where's Aunt Bai?"

"Aunt Bai is a person with an arrogant personality, and she didn't have any holidays with my young lady, but just a few days ago, Aunt Bai suddenly accused my young lady and... and..."

Cuizhu said that this suddenly stopped, and the spitting did not continue, Su Qi was a little anxious, and hurriedly asked, "What do you accuse your young lady of?" ”

Cuizhu was very embarrassed, but he still said hesitantly: "...... with others There is a private ...... Feeling. ”

Su Qi sneered after hearing this, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, he knows Xia Xue'er's temperament, this kind of talk is obviously splashing dirty water! This aunt is really bold, she has to meet her for a while another day!

Cuizhu saw that Su Qi didn't speak, thinking that he had misunderstood Xia Xue'er, and hurriedly explained: "This is not true, my young lady is absolutely innocent!" I have seen that Mu Gongzi, my young lady is very disgusted with him, how can she have an affair with him! ”

Su Qi repeated in a low voice: "Mu Gongzi? Then he looked at Cuizhu and said, "You continue!" ”

"Later, there was nothing, the old lady wanted to calm things down, so Aunt Bai only took a few scoldings from the old lady and passed. It's also thanks to my young lady who is not afraid of danger and thinks carefully, if she is really hurt by Aunt Bai! ”

"I'm not asking what happened to your Aunt Bai, I'm asking what is your young lady's attitude towards Aunt Bai?"

"Oh!" Cuizhu reacted, thought for a while and said, "Miss said that Aunt Bai is not a simple person, and also told us to pay attention to our words and deeds in front of her, and the rest will be gone." ”

After hearing this, Su Qi said to himself: "It seems that I have to check these two aunts in Xia Mansion carefully!" Then he looked up at Cuizhu and asked, "By the way, do you know why your young lady left the house?" ”

Cuizhu had already noticed that the son in front of him cared about his young lady unusually, so he didn't hide it, and replied as pleased: "The young lady received a letter three days ago, and then left in a hurry. ”

"Letter?" Su Qi frowned, Xia Xue'er stayed in the mansion on weekdays, and her contact with the outside world was also through Xianglan, but according to the calculation of time, Xianglan had already found out that she was being hunted down and killed at that time, so it was impossible to write a letter to Xia Xue'er to ask her to leave the mansion! But who did it?

"Do you know who wrote it?"

"I don't know, the letter was sent by a carrier pigeon, and the slave maid did not see it."

"Pigeons?"

Cuizhu frowned and said: "It's strange to say, I usually heard that there are carrier pigeons flying in Yuxuan, and Miss only leaves the house every time she disguises herself as a man, but she didn't dress up much that day, she only tied a black brocade cloak and hurried out." ”

The whole thing doesn't seem to have much to do with it, but when you think about it, it's full of suspicions, and although I don't know who wrote the letter, the purpose of that person is obvious. When I think of the corpses on the barren mountain, judging from the way they are dressed, they are all from the same gang, and looking at the traces of the fight, the obvious target is not just Xianglan. But I don't know by whom they have been instructed to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, which is truly abominable

Su Qi sighed and said softly, "It seems that all the doubts can only be solved after Xianglan wakes up." ”

Cuizhu heard him mention Xianglan, and asked, "Sister Xianglan, is she okay?" ”

"It's going to be fine."

After Su Qi finished speaking, he lowered his head and looked at Cuizhu, and explained: "Take care of Xue'er", and then jumped up and disappeared into the dark night sky.

Cuizhu was stunned in place, looking at the place where Su Qi disappeared, his heart rolled like waves, and he couldn't calm down anymore.

The snow is falling, the goose-feather snow is swirling down, and the cold wind is still howling but no longer harsh. She looked at the place where Su Qi was standing, but there was no trace of it, as if he had never appeared.

Another gust of north wind hit, still not changing the biting cold, she wrapped her clothes tightly, turned around and walked into Xia Xue'er's house.

Tonight is destined to be a long and difficult time.